Policy and practice papers
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Cultural considerations in out-of-home care
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
Kinship care
Produced by the former National Child Protection Clearinghouse
Voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children…
In this paper, international and Australian research on children’s wellbeing and the views of young people in care are reviewed
Children with complex needs
Looks at what kinds of support services were in place to support children in out-of-home care, and what support services were needed
Supporting carers
Looks at what type of support carers needed to continue in their caring role, and barriers that made it difficult to provide appropriate care
Training carers
Looks at what kind of training would assist in providing safe, nurturing care and continuity of cultural needs for children in care
Why standard assessment processes are culturally…
Shortcomings raised by participants in relation to assessment procedures when used to assess potential Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers
Barriers, incentives and strategies to enhance recruitment…
Presents participants’ views on main barriers and incentives that influence Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ decision to become a carer
Why is there a shortage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
In this paper we present study participants’ views about the shortage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander carers